Guard unit to head out

A Kansas Army National Guard unit based in Kansas City, Kan., Wichita and Lawrence will head in June to Saudi Arabia to guard Patriot missile sites.

The state adjutant general's office said Thursday that 65 members of Detachment 1, Company A, Forward, Second Battalion, 137th Infantry will be stationed near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The unit is expected to be overseas about five months.